Willow Class
Welcome to Willow class. We are a Reception class.
Mrs Bell is the teacher in this class. Mrs Bradley is our teaching assistant and Mrs Brown will sometimes come in to support
Spring Term
Useful Information
Our PE day this term is Monday. Please ensure you come to school in outdoor PE kits on this day. Our PE unit for this term is gymnastics. We will be learning to travel in a high and low way over and become 'champion gymnasts', travelling under, over and through apparatus. We will be learning to move safely and be aware of other people around us.
This half term's learning
In Science we will be focused on the changes in the seasons and exploring the cold outside and the plants and animals that are hibernating for the winter.
In phonics we will be learning new sounds, mostly di-graphs and tri-graphs and practising reading longer compound words and words with 's' on the end.
In English our texts this term explore hot and cold places around the world, the animals that live there and different environments.
In Maths we will practise counting to 20 and explore working with numbers up to 10, finding 1 more and 1 less and building number bonds within numbers to 10 and recognising numbers to 10.
In Art and DT we will be creating hot and cold places and collages and making 3D animals to live in them.
Dates for your Diary - for this term
Monday 5th January 2026 INSET DAY school closed to pupils
Friday 6th February 2026 Number Day
Friday 13th February 2026 last day of term break up for Half term
Useful websites
Websites for Phonics games:
Phonics Play - https://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
Phonic Bloom - https://www.phonicsbloom.com/
Topmarks - https://www.topmarks.co.uk/english-games/5-7-years/letters-and-sounds
Letter-join whole school handwriting scheme (letterjoin.co.uk)